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Fred Capretta: Publications

Al Robertson, Christine Bradaric, Christopher S. Frampton, James McNulty, and Alfredo Capretta. Chiral Phosphine Ligands Derived From Terpenes: The Synthesis and Structure of 4,8-Dimethyl-2-Phosphabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane.Tetrahedron Letters. 2001, 42, 2609.

Mohamed Salim and Alfredo Capretta. Intramolecular Carbenoid Insertions: The Reactions of alpha-Diazoketones Derived From Pyrrolyl and Indolyl Carboxylic Acids with Rhodium (II) Acetate. Tetrahedron. 2000, 56, 8063-8069.

Kelvin Yong, Mohamed Salim and Alfredo Capretta. Intramolecular Carbenoid Insertions: The Reactions of alpha-Diazoketones Derived From Furanyl, Thienyl, Benzofuranyl and Benzothienyl Acetic Acids with Rhodium (II) Acetate.Journal of Organic Chemistry. 1998, 63, 9828-9833.

Geoffrey K. Tranmer and Alfredo Capretta. Intermolecular Carbenoid Insertions: Reactions of 2-Substituted Thiophenes with Ethyl Diazoacetate in the Presence of Rhodium (II) Acetate. Tetrahedron. 1998, 54, 15499 - 15509

Christopher S. Frampton, David L. Pole, Kelvin Yong and Alfredo Capretta. Intramolecular Carbenoid Insertions Into Thiophene: Reactions of 1-Diazo-3-(2-hienyl)-2-Propanone and 1-Diazo-3-(3-Thienyl)-2-Propanone.Tetrahedron Letters. 38, 5081 (1997).

Alan C. Spivey, Alfredo Capretta, Christopher S. Frampton, Finian J. Leeper and Alan R. Battersby. Biosynthesis of Porphyrins and Related Macrocycles. Part 45. Determination by a Novel X-Ray Method of the Absolute Configuration of the Spirolactam which Inhibits Uroporphyrinogen III Synthase (Cosynthetase). Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1. 1996, 2079-2090.

N. Patrick J. Stamford, Alfredo Capretta, and Alan R. Battersby. Expression, purification and Characterisation of the Product from the Bacillus subtilis hemD Gene, Uroporphyrinogen III Synthase. European Journal of Biochemistry. 1995, 231, 236-241.

Alan C. Spivey, Alfredo Capretta, Christopher S. Frampton, Finian J. Leeper and Alan R. Battersby. Stereochemical Studies on the Proposed Spiro Intermediate for the Biosynthesis of Natural Porphyrins: Determination by a Novel X-Ray Method of the Absolute Configuration of the Spirolactam which Inhibits Cosynthetase. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications. 1995, 1789-1790.

A. Capretta, R. B. Maharaj and R. A. Bell. Synthesis and Characterization of Cyclomaltoheptaose-Based Metal Chelants as Probes for Intestinal Permeability. Carbohydrate Research. 1995, 267, 49.

A. Capretta and R.A. Bell. Synthesis. NMR and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of [10](N6,9)-6-Aminopurinophane; Calculation of the Chemical Shifts in the [n](N6,9)-6-Aminopurinophane Series.Canadian Journal of Chemistry.1995, 73, 2224.